Rothbard vs. Cornuelle: Understanding the New Right’s Antipathy toward Civil Society
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Rothbard vs. Cornuelle: Understanding the New Right’s Antipathy toward Civil Society

Editors’ Note: John Miles Branch explores the feud between two prominent mid-century libertarian thinkers, Murray Rothbard and Richard Cornuelle, as a way of understanding the contemporary right’s growing antipathy toward nonprofits writ large. On February 6, the White House published a memo entitled “Advancing United States Interests When Funding Nongovernmental Organizations” that directs agency heads … Continue reading